Hame attachment



No. 626,784. Patented lune I3, |899.

J. GALLOGLY. HAME ATTACHMENT.

(Application led Dec, 17, 1897.)

'(No Model.)

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UNI-TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN GALLOGLY, OF UPPER GLADE, WEST VIRGINIA.

HAM E ATTACHM ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,784, dated J une13, 1899.

Application filed December 17,1897. Serial No. 662,303. (No model.)

To all 1117x0711, it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN GALLOGLY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Upper Glade, in the county of Vebster and State of lVestVirginia, have invented a new and useful Hame Attachment, of which thefollowing is a specification.-

This invention relates to that class of hame attachments which providefor the vertical adjustment of the llame-tug, whereby the point of draftmay be regulated with reference to the shoulders of the animal to securethe best results.

For a full understanding of the merits and advantages of the inventionreference is to be had to the accompanying drawings and the followingdescription.

The improvement is susceptible of various changes in the form,proportion, and the minor details of construction without departing fromthe principle or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and to afull disclosure of the invention an adaptation thereof is shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view of a hame,illustratingthe application of theinvention. Fig. 2 is an edge viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a front View of the intermediate portion of thehaine, showing the cap-plate turned aside. Fig. 4 is a transversesection, the tug hook or clip being shown in workin g position by fulllines and thrown forward by dotted lines.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in the several views of the drawings by thesame reference characters.

The haine l, which is of wood and of the ordinaryform, is reinforced atits inner and outer edges by a strap 2, secured thereto in anysubstantial manner. A vertical series cf hooks 3 are formed with orapplied to the outer portion of the strap 3 and are disposedhorizontally and extend forwardly and are designed to receive theattaching end of the tug hook or clip 4, said hook having a sleeve atits coupling end to engage with adjacent hooks 3, the shank of the hook4 passing between the pair of hooks 3, to which the tughook is applied.Lugs 5 are disposed at the ends of the 'series of hooks 3 and arerecessed on their inner sides to receive the end portion of the sleeveat the end of the tug hook or clip, and these lugs have openings invertical alinement to receive a bolt or rod G,which passes through thesleeveA of the tug-hook to prevent accidental displacement thereof. Thelugs 5 and hooks 3 mav be cast with the strap 2/or applied thereto inany substantial manner, as found most advantageous.

A plate 7 extends over the front ends of the hooks 3 and closes them andlimits the forward movement of the tug hook or clip, as clearlyindicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 4. This plate also prevents theaccidental engagement with the hook of the lines or any part of theharness and will serve to retain the tug-hook in place, even though thebolt or rod G be omitted. Keepers 8 are located opposite the lugs 5 andserve to retain the plate 7 in place and may be suitably formed,

and, as shown, consist of a stout wire bent into substantially an L formand having its end portions let into the lugs and hame, a space beingprovided between the front side of the lugs and the opposing portions ofthe wires which receive the plate 7. A spring 9 is interposed betweenthe upper end of the plate 7 and the haine, and its end portions aresecured to each by being let into openings formed therein. The lower endof the spring receives a projection l0, provided at the upper end of theplate, and the downward movement of the said plate is limited by ashoulder 11 near its upper end. The spring 9 eX- erts a downwardpressure upon the plate 7, thereby retaining it in place within thekeepers 8.

When it is required to engage the tug-hook with a pair of hooks 3, theplate 7 is moved upwardly a sufcient distance to disengage its lower endfrom the bottom keeper 8, after which it is turned aside, as shown inFig. 3. The bolt or rod 6v is withdrawn and the attaching end of thetug-hook is passed between the desired pair of hooks 3, after which therod or bolt 6 is passed through the sleeve of the tug-hook and engagedwith the lugs 5, and the plate 7 is replaced.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl 1. In ahaine, the combination of a series of hooks arranged in verticalalinement and adapted to have the tug hook or clip adjustably connectedtherewith, keepers at the up- IOO per and lower ends of thevertically-arranged 2 series of hooks, a plate closing the passagespressure thereon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a haine, the combination of a Vertical series of hooks placed withtheir passages extending forwardly, lugs at the ends of the series ofhooks having recesses at their inner, sides corresponding withA thepassages of the hooks, and a bolt or rod supported in openings in thesaid lugs and extending across the series of hooks extending forwardly,lugs at the ends of the series of hooks and recessed upon their innersides, a bolt or rod supported in openings in the lugs, keepers, a plateslidablT mounted in the keepers and adapted to extend over and close theopen ends of the hooks, and .provided with means for limiting its endwise movelnen t,` and a spring interposed between the plate and hainefor normally retaining the plate in working position substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto axed mysignature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN GALLOGLY.

Vitnesses:

T. A. GREGORY,

BAUTZ WooDDELL.

